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KnowledgeFabricImpl overview
Reference · liveknowledge-fabric-impl:private-gpt-fabric
PrivateGPT as Local-Only Knowledge Fabric overview
PrivateGPT as a fully offline, privacy-first knowledge fabric. Runs entirely on local hardware with no data leaving the machine. Ingests documents (PDF, DOCX, TXT, Markdown), embeds them locally using open-source models, and answers questions using a local LLM. Supports Ollama, llama.cpp, and HuggingFace backends. As a knowledge fabric, PrivateGPT is the choice for air-gapped environments, regulated industries, and sensitive document analysis where cloud APIs are prohibited by policy or regulation.
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PrivateGPT as Local-Only Knowledge Fabric
description
PrivateGPT as a fully offline, privacy-first knowledge fabric. Runs
entirely on local hardware with no data leaving the machine. Ingests
documents (PDF, DOCX, TXT, Markdown), embeds them locally using
open-source models, and answers questions using a local LLM. Supports
Ollama, llama.cpp, and HuggingFace backends. As a knowledge fabric,
PrivateGPT is the choice for air-gapped environments, regulated
industries, and sensitive document analysis where cloud APIs are
prohibited by policy or regulation.
knowledgeFileFormats
- docx
- txt
- markdown
retrievalStrategy
semantic-search
knowledgePersistence
local-index
knowledgeScopes
- project
- user
autoExtractionSupport
false
notes
PrivateGPT's value proposition is absolute data privacy — no API calls,
no cloud processing, no data exfiltration risk. This makes it viable for
knowledge fabrics containing classified, HIPAA, or legally privileged
information. The trade-off is quality — local embedding and generation
models lag cloud models in accuracy and capability. For many regulated
use cases, this trade-off is acceptable.
Outgoing edges
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- tool:private-gpt·ToolPrivateGPT
realizes1
- layer:12-knowledge-fabric·LayerKnowledge Fabric
Incoming edges
None.